Zoe Lyons is reminiscing about filming the first series of her quick-fire BBC2 quiz show, Lightning. “I’ve quite enjoyed the cliche of being a game-show host in my shiny suit, having my bald patches painted in by a make-up artist,” she quips.
While she’s quick to make jokes about her alopecia, a condition that is thought to affect around eight million women in the UK, the 50-year-old comedian has struggled.
She began noticing her hair falling out not long after the start of the pandemic in 2020.
